, 1887-04-28

considered the best claim In the
country.
THE DELTA
Lies to the south Of the First
/ Thought. But little work has been
done here. The vein In the small
shaft sunk shows a width OF four
feet. Messrs. Fuller, Singleton q
Co. own this claim.
THE BAY HORsE
Adjoins this claim on the south. A
little work has been done here, yet
the ledge with all It's characteristics
Of quarts and high grade ore Is dis
covered.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Adjoins the Bay Horse south. 1t is
owned by Messrs. will and Glib
Chilson, Melvin and Ballard. Work
IL beinI z pr,sccuted on this claim and a
six foot shaft sunk. From :his assays
ranging from $500 up into the thou.
sands have been obtained. Some OF
the richest ore In the camp has been
found here.
THE SUMMIT MINE.
Lies next south of the Fourth OF
July. Mpssrs. The. Ericsson, Rod
Graham and Geo. Melvin are the To-
Gators. This property has been
bonded. 1t shows u strong vein and
some mineral, but little work has yet
been done. This is the last extens-
sion sofar dicOvered on the main
lode.
THE RUBY MINE.
Is the first of number of claims
branching out to the southwest from
the Mother lode at the First Thought
claim. The Ruby mine shows u
magnificent ten foot wide ledge we'll
defined. The character of the ore Is
oxide and sulphuret OF copper, carry
ing some silver. Fuller, Singleton
& Go. are the owners.
THE BUCKEYE.
Follows south on.the same ledge with
the Ruby and Is very bold outcrop,
carrying galena and silver.
THE ARIZONA.
Adjoins the Buckeye and looks
equally well.
Is the first OF a series of claims made
upon still third ledge running
along the First Thought Mountain.
This lies still lower on the west side
Of the mountain and adjoining the
little lake known as the Loop-Loop.
The May Is one of the largest veins
yet discovered. Some very high
grade ore has been taken from the
cropplngs. This claim Is owned BY
the Chilson Boys and Pat McGree.
To the south on this third ledge fol-
lows
THE CALIFORNIA,
and other claims. This last named
mine Is but a repetition Of the May.
Other claims are located and show
remarkably we'll In this same local.
ity. But Il would be useless waste
Of patience to enumerate more, with
the stereotyped comment OF ''no
work done" Sufficient has been the
description to show that q most
promising mining region, producing
some of the richest ores ever dis
covered, with fair assurance OF per-
manency, lies at the doors OF SpO.
kane Falls. Other cities, particularly
Ellenaburgh are reaching out for the
promised trade with these Salmon
River mines.
REDUCTION.
While IL Is rather premature to dis.
cuss the subject OF reduction ut this
early stage Of development, yet the
main features OF IL may be recog.
nized. Certain Of the claims show
such q combination of sulphurets, OF
both lead and silver, that an ordi.
nary process Of vanning may be suc-
cessfliIy applied. Either one of two
methods Of reduction will ultimately
be used. The ordinary concentra.
tion as applied to the ores in the
South Fork country Is one, and the
chloridation process Is the other.
For the first the plant will cost
hardly third as much as by the
latter. The first method will simply
cheaper the cost of transportation as
the concentrates will still require
the smelter before becoming silver
or lead bullion. BY the chlorination
process the ores will be crushed,
chloridized in furnace and there
after aInalgamated in vats on the
ground, and pure bullion will be the
product ready for the refinery. The
cost Of transportation on this bullion
will be SO small as to cut no figure In
the transportation account. Taking
twenty tens capacity rs the basis for
du cSCiuldtes 6nO IN IOunQ 0RureS
the cost of q concentrator at Salmon
City would he SIC, 1000, and that of q
mill with crusher and rollers and
teaching watts for chlorlnation, about
$60,O To figure on chipping ore
from the camp at present rates and
by present means OF transportation
to either Omaha or Portland, would
be simply preposterous. On the
other hand to expect capitalists to
| erect the proper reduction works on
the grounds with the present de.
velOpment and prospects would be
lifting mining enterprise far be-
yond a commercial basis and into
Salmon river mines need at present
is disposition on the part OF mine
owners to sell cheap, and capitalists
to develop them. II the O. h. & N.
Co. should speedily carry out their